Byala Municipality Община Бяла |
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Byala Municipality within Bulgaria and Ruse Province. | |
Coordinates: | |
Country | Bulgaria |
Province (Oblast) | Ruse |
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Byala |
Area | |
• Total | 341 km2 (131.7 sq mi) |
Population (December 2009)[1] | |
• Total | 14,962 |
Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
• Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Byala Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Бяла) is a municipality (obshtina) in Ruse Province, Central-North Bulgaria, located in the Danubian Plain about 20 km southeast of Danube river. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Byala.
The municipality embraces a territory of 341 km² with a population of 14,962 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1]
The area is crossroads of some of the main directions in the country - road E85, road E83, I-51 and I-52, which connect the province centre of Ruse with the cities of Veliko Tarnovo, Pleven, Svishtov and respectively the country capital of Sofia and Shipka pass. Yantra river flows through the area from south to north.
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Byala Municipality includes the following 11 places (towns are shown in bold):
Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[2][3][4] (December 2009) |
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Byala | Бяла | 9,015 |
Bistrentsi | Бистренци | 395 |
Bosilkovtsi | Босилковци | 669 |
Botrov | Ботров | 319 |
Dryanovets | Дряновец | 748 |
Koprivets | Копривец | 884 |
Lom Cherkovna | Лом Черковна | 462 |
Pet Kladentsi | Пет кладенци | 64 |
Peychinovo | Пейчиново | 343 |
Polsko Kosovo | Полско Косово | 1,686 |
Starmen | Стърмен | 377 |
Total | 14,962 |
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
Byala Municipality | ||||||||
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Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
Population | 21,655 | 20,261 | 19,348 | 17,004 | 16,040 | 15,533 | 14,962 | ... |
Sources: National Statistical Institute,[1] Census 2001,[5] Census 2011,[6] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,?? |
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